81.   Last year, a federal appeals court overturned convictions of East German judges.

82.   Last week, a Michigan court overturned a conviction based on a little-known law against cursing that, clearly, dated from a far different era.

83.   Legal experts said appeals courts rarely overturned criminal verdicts.

84.   On Thursday an appeals court overturned that ruling.

85.   On Tuesday, however, an appeals court overturned that decision on procedural grounds.

86.   Only rarely does the court overturn a settled decision.

87.   Only when immigration officials abuse their discretion, for example, by making decisions that have no basis in fact, can courts overturn the rulings.

88.   Originally, a federal district judge ruled in favor of the company without a trial, and it was that decision that the appeals court overturned.

89.   Several experts said they expected the court to overturn them entirely.

90.   Sharp questions by some justices prompted speculation that the court would overturn the law, but that kind of interpretation is frequently wrong, analysts said.